Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Parent taxon: Helicotominae according to P. J. Wagner 1999
See also Knight et al. 1960, Linsley and Kier 1984, Morris and Cleevely 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Amphelissa, Boucotspira, Boucotspira, Helicotoma, Lophonema, Palaeomphalus, Paraviviana, Yochelsoniella
Subtaxa: Ophiletina angularis Ophiletina bromidensis Ophiletina fausta Ophiletina shokoriense Ophiletina sublaxa
Type: Ophiletina sublaxa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (1), North Korea (1), United States (44: California, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences
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